📍 13043 Maple Ave, Blue Island, Cook County, 60406
Whittier Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Blue Island, Cook County. The school has 172 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Isabel Santori. It is part of the Cook County SD 130 school district. It serves grades 4–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whittier Elementary School enrolls 172 students across grades 4–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% Hispanic or Latino, 14% Black or African American and 9.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 131 | 76% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 14% |
| White | 16 | 9.3% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
147 of the school's 172 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Whittier Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-10, state senate district 14, state house district 27.
Whittier Elementary School is one of 12 schools in Cook County SD 130, based in Blue Island, Illinois. The district serves 2,950 students district-wide and employs 248 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 172 students, Whittier Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 246 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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